Owayas Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Owayas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owayas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1081:937,39183,277
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Owayas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owayas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owayas is borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owayas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,755,741st most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Owayas is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Owayas are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Owayas is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 937,391. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Northern Mindanao, where 65 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 17 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 11 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines Owayas occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oways914/
Owayes83122/
Uwayas8315/
Awayas835/
Ovayas832/
Ouways831/
Owayss831/
Obayas831/
Awayass773/
Owais7312,182/
Aways73895/
Eways73266/
Oweas736/
Uways735/
Owyes732/
Owayz731/
Govhayas711/
Owaise67418/
Awayes67323/
Howaes67281/
Awayis6732/
Owaish6728/
Obayes6722/
Awaias6716/
Abayas6713/
Ovayes6711/
Awayss679/
Obiyas674/
Obayos673/
Obeyas673/
Awaais673/
Ovayos672/
Owaiss672/
Ouwais672/
Owaies672/
Uvayas671/
Haways671/
Ovaias671/
Awayaz671/
Avayas671/
Owajis671/
Owayez671/
Obuyas671/
Aboyas671/
Uwayis671/
Evayas671/
Abiyas671/
Awaays671/
Oowyes671/
Oowais671/
Ubayas671/
Awayst671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Owayas
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